Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-07-29
Thc Ncrnont Tram.

The New orE Times publishes reports
/ from northern and eastern New y ork Yer
mont and western Massachusetts of the con
/ ditiou of growing and matured crops The
/ yield. taken as "a whole i. bountiful The
drouth IN May gave everything a slow start
/ but frequent rains since. alternating with
/ hot weather have been favorable to rapid
growth Hay Is generally "a very satisfacto-
/ rv crop In northern New York and Yer
mont the Weld is larEe-almost without pre-
/ cedcnt in recent vear--while IN other places
report vary winter-kilhu- having done
/ some damage TO grass The general tenor
/ of statements shows that hay viii be pien-
/ titul The rains of tine last few DAYS nave
lnteriered with gathering and to a certain
| extent have been unfnvorable 70 nay IN the
/ field but it is not believed generally that
/ the pleasing reports will be materially
/ changed 10y showers Rye does not show
/ as good results as nay While excellent
/ crops nave been secured ~ some places
/ other places nave not Jared so well Some
/ rye was smothered boy heavy snow The
/ quality seems To be generally good Grain
/ is well headed but tine quantity mas been
/ Disappointing Early droutn retarded oats.
/ but they have since picked up wonderfully
/ The Springfield Republican crop reports
| from this state are equally favorable as
/ published in Its issue of " ednesday
A very productive season l. the UNI
/ versai report from all parts of the Green
/ Mountain state 4 phenomenal nay crop.
say many of tine large tarmers4frum one
fourth To- one-thrd larger than last year
/ when the crop In many places was even
more than the average ami many of the
farm barns are vet stocked with old hay.
/ which mas sold for $40 and SO ton. or
about the price asked for new NAY There
/ is hardly section. SO far a. can Ire learned
where the may crop mas not exceeded that
/ of last year. The pastures. too. nave gen
/ orally frightened up and held out better
than for several years. atiordlng plenty of
/ feed for larger herds than nave been sum
mered for some seasons. The early part of
/ tine season was unusually wet which pre-
vented the farmers from getting their seed
into the ground unit. late but nOtwith
standing this, everything grew rapidly with
+ favorable weather. and tuiay the corn D,
looking finely lu Wu-t places. whl, the
small grains have done equally wei. Oats
and rye will probably yield more 20 the acre
/ than last season. while about all the crop,
/ have Thus far been harvested M good con
/ dlunI The potato crop a. a rule Us expect
/ eel to be abundant. though IN some of the
/ hill towns tine potato bug mas done much iu-
I Jury The wild raspberry crop Is large. and
I Wilmington people. who have usually had
/ quite a revenue from tine sale OF these her
/ rle- for Jams and cordIals hnd it diffcuit to
/ secure a market for them tins seasuu Black
berries are likely To- be abundant. Apples
/ are plenty M some parts of Wmdham cuuu-
/ ~. while some complain that the crop viii
/ Toe failure As whole 1t seems probable
/ that the crop viii bee below that of last
/ wear. when IT wa, larger than usual The
I " est river valley probably never showed
more promising crops and tins Is also true
/ Of the Connecticut valley north of brattl,